From: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>, Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@suse.de>,
x86@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip: locking/urgent] locking/ww_mutex: Simplify use_ww_ctx & ww_ctx handling
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2021 10:10:16 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <bbfca577-b680-4c73-3f35-22179bd1a498@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YFIKWCUAZabBsji0@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
On 3/17/21 9:55 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 09:43:20AM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
>
>> Using gcc 8.4.1, the generated __mutex_lock function has the same size (with
>> last instruction at offset +5179) with or without this patch. Well, you can
>> say that this patch is an no-op wrt generated code.
> OK, then GCC has gotten better. Because back then I tried really hard
> but it wouldn't remove the if (ww_ctx) branches unless I had that extra
> const bool argument.
>
I think ww_mutex was merged in 2013. That is almost 8 years ago. It
could still be the case that older gcc compilers may not generate the
right code. I will try the RHEL7 gcc compiler (4.8.5) to see how it fares.
Cheers,
Longman
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-03-17 14:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-03-16 15:31 [PATCH 0/4] locking/ww_mutex: Fix locktorture ww_mutex test problems Waiman Long
2021-03-16 15:31 ` [PATCH 1/4] locking/ww_mutex: Simplify use_ww_ctx & ww_ctx handling Waiman Long
2021-03-16 18:55 ` Davidlohr Bueso
2021-03-17 12:38 ` [tip: locking/urgent] " tip-bot2 for Waiman Long
2021-03-17 12:59 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-03-17 13:43 ` Waiman Long
2021-03-17 13:55 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-03-17 14:10 ` Waiman Long [this message]
2021-03-17 14:17 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-03-17 14:33 ` Waiman Long
2021-03-16 15:31 ` [PATCH 2/4] locking/ww_mutex: Fix acquire/release imbalance in ww_acquire_init()/ww_acquire_fini() Waiman Long
2021-03-17 12:38 ` [tip: locking/urgent] " tip-bot2 for Waiman Long
2021-03-16 15:31 ` [PATCH 3/4] locking/ww_mutex: Treat ww_mutex_lock() like a trylock Waiman Long
2021-03-17 3:01 ` Davidlohr Bueso
2021-03-17 12:38 ` [tip: locking/urgent] " tip-bot2 for Waiman Long
2021-03-17 13:12 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-03-17 13:31 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-03-17 14:03 ` Waiman Long
2021-03-17 15:35 ` Waiman Long
2021-03-17 16:48 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-03-17 17:40 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-03-17 17:45 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-03-17 18:32 ` Waiman Long
2021-03-17 19:58 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-03-17 20:20 ` Waiman Long
2021-03-17 18:14 ` Waiman Long
2021-03-18 2:24 ` [PATCH 3/4] " Boqun Feng
2021-03-18 2:54 ` Waiman Long
2021-03-18 6:36 ` Boqun Feng
2021-03-16 15:31 ` [PATCH 4/4] locking/locktorture: Fix incorrect use of ww_acquire_ctx in ww_mutex test Waiman Long
2021-03-17 5:16 ` Davidlohr Bueso
2021-03-17 13:21 ` Waiman Long
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